The tranquil life of a lighthouse keeper and his family is disrupted when a flying saucer and its alien inhabitants invade.The tranquil life of a lighthouse keeper and his family is disrupted when a flying saucer and its alien inhabitants invade.The tranquil life of a lighthouse keeper and his family is disrupted when a flying saucer and its alien inhabitants invade.
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- TriviaBarely released anywhere outside of a minor British run from Satan's Slave distributor Brent Walker and U.S. TV airings, Foes got the special edition Blu-ray treatment in June 2019 from Garagehouse Pictures. It includes two versions of the film; both never before available in the United States. One is an original Director's Cut, which is approximately 73 minutes long (01.12:47), and the other is the Theatrical Version, which is approximately 91 minutes long (01.30.18). It also includes a new commentary where John Coats shares plenty of stories about the shooting of Foes. It was recorded exclusively for Garagehouse Pictures.
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Atmospheric sci-fi obscurity that is not bad at all
Watched a few days ago the recent Blu Ray release of this obscurity and it was a solid effort from visual effects artist John Coates.
The story line is pretty basic and presented in a calm and slow-burn manner by the director. The whole thing has a good pace and excellent special effects for its minimal budget, but for me the best thing is its music, a swirling bass-heavy experimental/ dark ambient electronic music that sets the tone and gives the movie more atmosphere and tension.
Credibility also comes from the well known first-billed duo (MacDonald Carey and Jerry Hardin, here playing sort of a predecessor of the Deep Throat character he played in The X Files. However, their contribution is trivial at best and the Director's Cut that is included in the Blu Ray omits their scenes altogether giving the movie a more fast pace and less talk.
The rest bunch of relative unknowns (one of them is the director) are the real protagonists that do a generally good acting job throughout.
Overall, a worthwhile rarity that will appeal equally to The X-Files fans and also fans of obscure 70s low budget scifi
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- kastrino
- Feb 17, 2020
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